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are feathering

  • present progressive
    of feather.
    feather
    noun
    one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.

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With June a damp squib and July predicted to go the same way, people are feathering their nests and staying indoors.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2012

Latching onto the record, Wheaties, coin minters and T shirt entrepreneurs are feathering his nest egg.

From Time Magazine Archive